Hoerskool Overvaal is once again in the spotlight, this time, as the Democratic Alliance announce their intention to lay charges over a Facebook post referencing the school.

Hoerskool Overvaal is one of the many currently divisive issues in South Africa. With anything divisive, tempers can boil over and things can easily turn violent, sadly, protests against the school’s language policy haven’t been any different.

While the physical protest has led to arrests, the Democratic Alliance(DA) is going after one social media user for comments he made while checking in on Facebook at the school.

In his Facebook post, Mabele called on President Zuma to “give him a gun to defend our democracy”, “… one bullet, een Boere kind”.

In the past two weeks, tensions have run high at the school over the admission of 55 non-Afrikaans speaking pupils.

The DA has called for the situation at the school to be resolved with the law.

“The dispute between Hoërskool Overvaal and the Gauteng Department of Education is currently on appeal at the Constitutional Court and the rule of law must be allowed to take its course.”

“Incitement to cause violence based on language must not be condoned. The rights of all South Africans as enshrined in our Constitution must be respected.”

The charges will be laid on Thursday morning at Vereeniging Police Station.

The situation at the school remains tense as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga held meetings with the school and various stakeholders in an attempt to resolve the situation and get rid of protesters.